Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum (AGNSW, Sydney) Patricia Anderson While Western Europe’s 17th century was disfigured by both religious wars and wars of territorial ambition, Holland a land reclaimed from …
Books, Fiction, Reviews The End of Eddy by Edouard Louis book review Patricia Anderson For the comfortable middle class of the western world, politics is usually conscripted for a verbal tournament. It’s rarely a …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Country and Western: Landscape re-imagined (S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney) Patricia Anderson The ancient Greeks had a word for nature in its idealised form: Arcadia. It embodied the idea of rustic perfection …
Exhibitions, Visual Arts The Greats review (Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney) Patricia Anderson A fizzing time-capsule has landed on our shores courtesy of our northern hemisphere cousins, the Scots. Director Michael Brand’s negotiations …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Aboriginal history written in stone and wood (Macleay Museum, Sydney) Patricia Anderson The groundswell of interest world-wide in artefacts from our prehistoric past, reveals our shared humanity at a time when no …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Art fairs: what are they good for? Patricia Anderson In Spring the pulse quickens and the sap rises, regardless of whether you’re a fieldmouse, an almond tree or an …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts We need to talk about Archibald: how portraits lost their punch Patricia Anderson What does it say about the Archibald Prize when one of the most arresting portraits is hanging in the Wynne …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Art Gallery of NSW: A shadow of its former self Patricia Anderson Cast your eye around these rooms reader, and ask yourself “Why would the Art Gallery of NSW need $400 million …
Visual Arts Death becomes them (Death Magic review Nicholson Museum, Sydney) Patricia Anderson The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt were busier than our modern lot — less bloodthirsty too. History has shown us that gods mutate …
News & Commentary, Visual Arts Diamonds are forever, and so is misery Patricia Anderson On April 21 Sotheby’s New York auctioned an internally flawless, D colour, 100.20 carat emerald-cut diamond (pictured above). It sold …